Rob Burman Sculpture Studio

Harry – The Duke’s third son.  His chances of ever inheriting his father’s estate are extremely remote, thereby keeping him from ever achieving any social stature.  So, he took the route most easily traveled for a man of “means without stature”. He became the Town Drunk. Toiling day in and day out on his “pub crawls”, he is a happy man in his pursuits, at least until the end of the day when his father’s servants come collect him from a roadside puddle.  If he had an ounce of ambition he could – oh, forget it. It’s never going to happen.

Bronze Limited Edition, Approx. Dimensions: 16 1/2″ x 11 1/2″ x 11″

Francesca – The so-called “wash” woman of the Duke’s household. She also sees to it that the kitchen staff is running smoothly, the supplies are in order and her “man”, Bill, isn’t off napping away an afternoon drunk. Anyone caught shirking their duties has met with her large, wooden spoon. The memories of it still haunt them to this day.

Bronze Limited Edition: Dimensions aprox. 15 1/2″ x 12″ x 9″

Agnes – Sometimes referred to as “The Nanny”,  Agnes is the true head of the household. She maintains order and efficiency now that the Duke’s children are grown.  What once was a babysitting job has evolved into Chief Director. Her mind is lightening fast and her temper – lethal. Her main fault is her vanity. Her youth long since buried, she makes every attempt to hold herself together in the secret hopes that some fine, upstanding (and malleable) gentleman will sweep her away to some far away castle and cater to her every whim.

Bronze, Dimensions Approx.: 15″ x 13″ x 11″

Merlin is a commission for a client in “Merlin, Oregon” (appropriately enough!). The piece stands approximately 8′ tall. It consists of a central “earthen core” pedestal with a platform. On it stands Merlin (approximately 26″ tall), his flowing robes and raised arm demonstrating as he conjures the elements around him. The “elements” swirl on a 3/16″ coiled steel rod that sways in the breeze. Small pieces of debris are raised up in the energy that also sends a small lizard and a hummingbird skyward. In support of the pedestal and seeking shelter against the whirling elements are a raccoon, two squirrels that playfully chase each other, and a bear cub attempting to pull himself up to the platform.

Cast in cold-cast bronze (bonded bronze in resin) and suitable for outdoor placement. Available in multiple configurations, in parts or as a whole.

The Goblin

The Goblin is a Limited Edition of 4. The detailing, color and cages will vary from one to another so each is more like a “one-of-a-kind”. The Goblin himself is roughly 18″ tall x 12″ wide x 8″ deep. Silicone and mixed media construction.

Seething with attitude, the Goblin was dressed in his avian disguise while playing in a vast garden. The old woman caretaker spotted him and grabbed him.  Before he had a chance to escape, the woman shoved him in to a old bird cage. Now, much to his dismay, he is forced to live the life of a caged bird. The seed overflows due to neglect, the water container is drying out and the “toy bird” placed in with him has been brutalized. This Goblin wants out…

The Goblin

When Sophia was a young beauty, she was married off to a rich land Baron in Germany. Never loving it, she spoke endlessly of her life in Italy. After giving birth to a daughter she was unable to conceive again. The Baron was disgusted and sent her and the daughter back to Italy. From then on, Sophia spoke, again endlessly, of her “wondrous” life in Germany and how distasteful her life in Italy now was. Long suffering, her social standing was saved when her daughter, Gurt, married the local Duke.

Bronze, 25” H x 15” W x 14” D

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